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- BULLSHITTING THE PHONE
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- COMPANY OUT OF
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- IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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- Preface
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-
- In the past, there have been very few good, useful text files. There would
- be files telling you how you should act, how this or that worked, who got
- busted, what this or that acronym stood for, and other things you didn't care
- about or couldn't use. After reading some of the various technical journals,
- phreak/hack magazines, gossip columns, etc., one would come away with the
- feeling:
-
- "Gee, that person that wrote that really knows alot (or is good at copying
- manuals)" or
-
- "I really don't care what m0dem rulr's favorite color or favorite movie is"
-
- Unfortunately, one -WOULD NOT- come away with the feeling:
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- "Gee, I really got alot out of this file that I can use, something that will
- help in a practical application."
-
- This is because, sad to say, these files were written with the idea:
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- "Look how cool I am, I know this and I know that" in mind..
-
- This file, however, is written with the idea:
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- "Cool, I showed you how to do this or showed you how to do that" in mind..
-
- In this file, the following will be covered:
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- * The wonderful CSSC and what can be done with it
- * Uses of the LAC (getting numbers from street address, unpub or not)
- * Finding conference bridge numbers
- * Bullshitting the Bell Business Office
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- THE CSSC:
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- CSSC stands for Customer Sales and Service Center. There are several of
- these across the country. Each can be reached by dialing a separate 1-800
- number, but the one local to you (or that handles your area) can be reached by
- dialing 1-800-222-0300 (This number appears on the bill you get from AT&T, as
- it -IS- the AT&T billing office). Each CSSC can handle the entire U.S., though.
- Following is what you can get from the CSSC (CN/A numbers and ID's, Customer
- names and addresses, Customer Toll records)
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- CN/A NUMBERS AND ID's:
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- Call the CSSC, say you are from an AT&T office, say AT&T Northeastern
- Administrative Offices, or something to that effect. Depending on what type of
- person you get when you call, it may be easy or it may be difficult. After you
- identify yourself, say that you were given a bit of incorrect info and need the
- correct info. For example:
-
- "This is Bob Dwyer from Northeastern Administrative AT&T Offices, and we were
- given a bit of incorrect information from this office. We were given the CN/A
- number for Colorado as 518-471-8111, and that is the CN/A number for New York.
- What do you show as the correct number for the CN/A for Colorado? Could you
- check your HANDBOOK? (All CN/A info is kept in a reference guide called a
- HANDBOOK)
- The same thing can be done for CN/A ID's that is done for numbers.
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- *IMPORTANT NOTE*- If you screw up with one customer service rep, DO NOT LOSE
- YOUR COOL! If they ask you a question that you do not know the answer to,
- simply say that you must ask your supervisor, will get back witm, good-bye.
- Then, you can call right back because you get a different person every time you
- call.
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- NAMES, NUMBERS, & TOLL RECORDS
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- The CSSC also has people's names and addresses cross-referenced by number.
- If you call and say you are from another AT&T Department, say that your
- computers are down, and that you need them to check a number in RCAM (pronounced
- Ar Kam) they should be happy to help you.
-
- For Example:
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- "Hi, this is Bob Dwyer at AT&T Northeaster Administrative Offices. How are
- your computers doing? Really? Ours are down. I have a number here; I need you
- to see if you show it as a live account, because I *believe* that we show it to
- be dead, could you check it in RCAM?
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- (Then give them the number, and they will say it is a live account)
-
- "Really?? Do you show an address, or a p.o. box on that number? What do you
- show as the address, we were sure it was dead? Do you show that as a dupe
- account? (Dupe means duplicate) Who do you show that account for?" etc.
-
- Again, remember, if you screw up or if they are suspicious, simply tell them you
- must check with your supervisor, hang up, and call right back because you get a
- different person every time.
-
- At the CSSC, they also have toll records for all the long-distance AT&T calls
- that that person made.
-
- Simply ask the CSSC rep (after saying that your computers are down) to check all
- the RETURNS on the bill. (RETURNS is the word that they use for calls).
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- THE LOOP ASSIGNMENT CENTER (LAC):
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- At the LAC (an inter-office bell department), they can put an address into
- the computer and come up with the phone number. The person's name will not come
- up; only the phone number will come up. However, you MUST have the full street
- address.
-
- Here is how you get the # to the
- LAC:
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- Call up the Business Office and say something to the effect of:
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- "Hi, this is Bob Dwyer with repair, what do you show as the number for the LAC
- _
- _
- _
- _
- Line Assignment Center that handles the Houston Area (or whatever area or prefix
- you need info on)
- "
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- After they give you the number, call up the LAC and say something like:
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- "Hi, this is Bob Dwyer with repair, I have an address here and I need to know
- the cable pair and phone number going into that address"
-
- (You don't really need the cable pair, but if you say cable pair, they are more
- likely to think that you are a phone co. employee).
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- BULLSHITTING BELL, IN GENERAL:
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-
- It is pretty easy to BS the Bell Business Office. Simply call and identify
- yourself as a worker in another Bell Office (for example repair, the LAC, etc.),
- state what you need, and they should be happy to help you.
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- If you have a deep voice and not a 2600 hz voice, it usually helps. But you
- could always pretend you are a woman if your voice is too high.
-
- For example, if you need another phone number going into someone's house, anad
- already have of of them, the business office would be an easy way to get that
- information. If they have changed their number to a non-pubished number, ask
- the rep if they show any ORDER ACTIVITY on the line, for example:
-
- "Hi, this is Bob Dwyer with repair, do you show any order activity on 555-2344?
- Do you show a C order? (C order means an order to Change service) Or a D order?
- (An order to Disconnect service)"
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- If there is a C order, ask them what the C order did, for example, to get the
- new number, or find out what Custom Calling features the person added, or
- whatever.
-
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- FINDING BRIDGE NUMBERS:
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- Conference Bridges are very easy to find. There are 3 major types of conference
- bridges. These are:
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- 1. AT&T Corum Bridges
- 2. "Conference System" Bridges
- 3. Other bridges that are usually located at Corporation Headquarters.
-
- To find an AT&T Corum bridge, simply call information in any state, ask
- for the number to AT&T NETWORK SYSTEMS for a major city in that state, call
- Network Systems, say you are from Maintenance and need the number to the
- conference bridge.
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- If they dont have a bridge there, ask for the number to the bridge that they
- use. They are very dumb and usually will just give it to you. In fact, you
- may have to explain to the person that answers the phone just what a bridge is.
- If you identify yourself as "formerly of ATTIS Headquarters", that may help,
- because there used to be 2 parts of AT&T, ATTIS (AT&T Information Systems), and
- ATTCOM (AT&T Communications), but they merged.
-
- As for "You've Dialed The Conference System" bridges, they are manufactured by a
- company called WesTel in Oswego, Illinois. You can call there claiming to be
- with some corporation, and ask for the name and numbers of companies that have
- purchased the bridge to call them and see what they think of it. After you get
- the numbers, you can call the place that bought the bridge, claim to be
- maintenance, and ask for the bridge number. This has worked on 8 occaisions so
- far.
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- As for bridges that are located at Corporation Headquarters, all you have to do
- is call the HQ, claim to be maintenance, and ask for the number to the bridge.
- It's as simple as that.
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- CONCLUSION:
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- Whew. I hope this file has taught you how to accomplish a great many more
- things than you previously knew how to do. If you didn't know anything about
- what is in this file prior to reading it, then it might take quite a bit of time
- to learn how to do everything in the file.
-
- My advice is to take one step at a time, master one element before going on to
- the next, and to keep a cool head while trying to engineer some of these
- departments. You SHOULDN'T, if you screw up, or if the phone co. employees are
- uncooperative, break down and swear at them or call them names. This will only
- contribute to the destruction of these departments for engineering purposes.
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